Hair curler



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Patented Mar. 20, 1934 UNITED STATES- mun contra Dorothy M. Humphrey, Detroit, Micln, assignor of one-half to Loyd W. Humphrey, Detroit,

Mich.

Application September 26, 1932, Serial No. 634,807

6 Claims. (Cl. 132-43) This invention relates to hair curlers, the object being to provide a very inexpensive and yet efficient device adapted to be rolled about the ends of a lock of hair anfd left for a period of time,

diifering from curling irons in this respect and in the further respect that no heat need be applied.

The principal feature of the invention is in the structure adapting this same to be made very cheaply and on a production basis all of which is hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

The preferred form of invention is shown in the accompanying drawing in which- Fig. 1 is an elevation showing my improved hair curler.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing a lock of hair about to be rolled into the curler.

Fig. 4 is a perspective viewshowing the curler in final position on a lock of hair.

The structure consists of a flexible element 1 which may be of wire or any other adaptable element, preferably an annealed iron wire, and the fabric is then rolled thereon as will be understood from Figs. 1 and 2 to provide a roll 5 and the body of the strip at the point 3 of Fig. 2 is secured to the roll leaving a terminal portion 4 extending from the roll of the desired length to receive a lock of hair. The rolled portion 5 thus provides a soft spongy like mass of the desired diameter about which the hair is rolled.

As will be understood from Fig. 3, the lock of hair, indicated at 6, has the ends thereof laid upon the extending portion 4 of the fabric and the device is then rolled in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 3 to thus roll the hair about the body portion or roll 5 and covered by the portion 4. After the hair has thus been rolled in the curler the ends of the flexible strip 1 are turned 0 thereover, as indicated in Fig. 4, to sustain the device in place on the hair where it may be left for an indeterminate period without possibility of its unrolling or becoming unintentionally displaced. To remove the same it is only necessary to straighten out the inbent ends of the member 4 to permit the same to beunrolled.

By this arrangement I have secured a roll of materially greater diameter than the flexible strip by which the waves formed in a lock of hair so are of greater width than would be the case if the hair were rolled directly on the flexible ele ment 1 as has sometimes been the practice. I further secure a compressible or spongy like roll which may be dampened if desired and the ex- 66 tending portion 4 being further wrapped about the roll tends to retain the moisture and provide a more permanent wave than would otherwise result from the use of the device. Naturally, of course, the hair itself may be dampened if desired and then rolled in the curler as before 59 stated.

The manufacture of this device is most simple inasmuch'as by attaching the inner end of the fabric strip to the flexible element 1 the same may be simply rolled on a flat surface by hand to leave a predetermined length extending therefrom and I the strip at the point of connection with the roll may be simply cemented in place by a waterproof cement or otherwise secured at this point to leave a free extending portion of fabric without 7 possibility of the roll becoming unrolled. Other modes of fastening the strip at this point may be employed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is not confined to the use of fabric as paper of suflicient toughness may be utilized but preferably fabric is used as being of longer life and greater service.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of go the United States is- 1. A hair curler consisting of a flexible member, a strip of flexible material having a width less than the length of the flexible member and having its inner end attached to said member, 3; the said strip being rolled on the element to provide a roll of several unattached turns of the material providing a compressible body of the desired diameter and having a desired length thereof extending from the roll being attached to the roll at its point of contact therewith whereby a curler is formed with a flexible portion within which the hair may be rolled about the rolled body portion and the extending portions of the flexible member turned over the said body when rolled on a lock of hair to sustain the same in place.

2. A hair curler consisting of a roll of fabric material of several comparatively loose turns to provide a soft yieldable body and a portion extending therefrom and attached to the rolled por- 1 tion at the point of contact therewith permitting the ends of the lock of hair to be rolled in between the roll and the extending strip, and means secured to the fabric for maintaining the same in the rolled position.

3. A hair curler consisting of a flexible element and a strip of suitable material less in width than the flexible member and having its inner end secured thereto at a distance from one end of the flexible member, the said strip of material being 110 rolled about the flexible element to provide a cylindrical body formed of several unattached turns of the fabric and a portion extending from the said body-and attached thereto at the point of contact with the body, the structure being adapted to be rolled onto the ends of a lock of hair in which the hair lies between the said extending portion of the strip and the rolled body, the extending portion of the flexible element being flnally bent over the rolled body to removably secure the same in place.

4. A hair curler consisting of a flexible element of comparatively small diameter and a strip of suitable material of uniform width'less than the length of the flexible member and having its inner end secured directly to the flexible member intermediate the ends thereof, the said strip of material being rolled about the flexible element to provide a cylindrical body of the desired diameter formed of several turns of the fabric, and an unrolled portion extending from the body and attached thereto at the point of contact therewith, the structure being adapted to receive the ends of a lock of hair on the unrolled portion, the body thereof then being rolled to roll the lock of hair between the extending portion and the said body, the extending end portions of the flexible member being flnally bent over the rolled body to removably secure the same in place.

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5. A hair curler comprising a flexible member of the desired length and form in cross section, a strip of fabric having a uniform width less than the length of the flexible member and having one end thereof cementitiously secured directly to the flexible element and rolled thereabout leaving an extending unreinforced portion of the desired length attached to the rolled portion on which the end of a lock of hair may be laid and the flexible element and attached portion of the strip rolled thereover to form a substantially cylindrical roll with the end of the lock at the center.

6. A hair curler comprising a flexible member of the desired length and form in cross section, a strip of unreinforced fabric having a uniform width less than the length of the flexible member and being of uniform thickness throughout its length, one end of the fabric strip being cementitiously secured directly to the flexible element practically centrally between the ends thereof and providing a free and unsupported fabric portion extending therefrom on which the end of a lock of hair may be laid and the flexible element and attached portion of the strip rolled thereover to form a substantially cylindrical roll with the end of the look at the center. 

